Tag Archives: biases

Correction done? Don’t bet on it!

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Mal Spooner

On March 20th, I published the following quote in my regular money.ca blog entitled: Reacting to headlines is perilous! Most worrisome: Jim Cramer (wait long enough and you’ll eventually be right) is more wound up than a four-year old high … Continue reading →

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Facebook and yes; looks matter more than reputation

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Mal Spooner

Our love of good stories often biases our decisions, which is evidenced by the scrambling to buy the Facebook IPO despite the fact that there’s virtually no concrete financial data to justify the price of the business (if it is even … Continue reading →

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Spread for RISK narrowed; as predicted!

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Mal Spooner

You might recall that in December I posted the adjacent chart, recommending that the spread between equity yields and treasuries was “NUTS” and a narrowing of the spread between more risk and less risk would favour stocks. It remains in … Continue reading →